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Thomas Gnau is a business reporter for the Dayton Daily News and covers top companies, development, job creation, and commercial real estate.
He grew up a U.S. Navy dependent, lived in two countries and five states before his 16th birthday. He graduated from Chaminade-Julienne High School and Wright State University. A Kettering resident, he is married to a Mad River Local Schools teacher; he and his wife have two daughters.
Gnau started working at the student newspaper at Wright State where his interest in journalism grew and led him to where he is today.

Dayton developer Miller Valentine has announced a new chief executive, the spin-off of its commercial asset and property management businesses and other leadership changes. Elizabeth Mangan will be the real estate company’s CEO effective Jan. 1. RELATED: Arcade developer adds works across U.S. Mangan graduated cum laude from West Virginia...

Charting a course for dealing with a downtown convention center that is getting no younger and no cheaper will be the job shouldered by a newly formed task force of regional leaders. The 21-member task force’s primary job will be to evaluate the city of Dayton-owned center’s current state, its financial position — and its...

Montgomery County is unveiling a new marketing and economic development web site, www.selectmcohio.com. The online portal, designed by a Minnesota company, is meant to attract business site selectors and retain businesses who call Montgomery County home. “We are excited that this website ties together our previous marketing campaigns...

It could be a happy new year for anyone looking for a Dayton-area job. Hiring in early 2018 should happen at a promising clip, according to the newest quarterly hiring survey from the Manpower of Dayton employment franchise. Among employers surveyed, 17 percent plan to hire more employees from January through March, according to survey results...

The sale of area and Ohio Bob Evans restaurant properties continues. A New Albany outfit has purchased the property housing the Centerville-area Bob Evans restaurant for $2.5 million. The 4,992-square-foot building and 1.25-acre site at 7115 Far Hills Ave. was sold to Timothy P. and Paula S. Heather, of New Albany, Ohio, according to Montgomery...

As the Christmas shipping and shopping season continues, a new survey of pilots at airlines owned by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and Air Transport Services Group reveals “widespread staffing-related delays and no confidence among pilots in their carriers’ executives,” a union of airline pilots said Friday. Air Transport...

Plans by a Canadian company to build its North American headquarters in Vandalia, creating 35 new jobs, emerged as a clear favorite Friday among a committee of Montgomery County officials weighing requests for public funds. In total, all the development projects the committee considered are expected to create 121 new jobs while protecting...

When the stock market closing bell sounded on the afternoon of Nov. 8, 2016, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 18,332.74, up 73.14 — a good day for investors. Hours later, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States and further sparked a bull run in the stock market that has not stopped. On Thursday, the Dow Jones...

A Moraine accounting firm will move into the downtown Dayton office building at 2 - 10 S. Patterson Blvd., bringing 70 to 80 high-paying jobs to a quickly growing area of downtown. RSM US is leaving 2000 W. Dorothy Lane in Moraine to move to the Dayton building at South Patterson and Third Street, near the newly expanded Dayton main metro...

General Electric Power said Thursday it will cut 12,000 jobs, and so far, it appears no operations in the Dayton and West Chester Twp. areas are affected. “We can confirm no GE Power job impacts are being announced today in Ohio,” a GE Power spokeswoman said Thursday. Meanwhile, GE Aviation positions in Dayton will not be impacted...